That tractable obedience is a slave To each incensed will." HENRY VIII., Act i., Scene 3. FEBRUARY 20th.-The Rivers Sark and Siddel become suddenly and entirely dry. 1748. "These are not natural events " TEMPEST, Act v., Scene 1. FEBRUARY 21st.-Sidney Smith died. 1845. "Full of comparisons and wounding flouts; Which you on all estates will execute, That lie within the mercy of your wit." LOVE'S LABOR LOST, Act v., Scene 6. FEBRUARY 22d.-George Washington born. "This was the noblest Roman of them all And the elements So mixed up in him, that nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!" JULIUS CAESAR, Act v., Scene 5. FEBRUARY 23d.- The French Revolu1848. tion commenced. "Such is the infection of the time, That for the health and physic of our right, KING JOHN, Act v., Scene 2. FEBRUARY 24th.-Robert Fulton died. 1815. "But, indeed, my invention Cometh from my pate." OTHELLO, Act ii., Scene 1. FEBRUARY 25th.-Queen Elizabeth ex communicated. 1670. "That's the curse of Rome." KING JOHN, Act iii., Scene 1. FEBRUARY 26th.-French Republic proclaimed "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.” 1848. "Waving our red weapons o'er our heads, Let's all cry-Peace, Freedom, and Liberty." JULIUS CESAR, Act iii., Scene 1. FEBRUARY 27th.-Dr. Arbuthnot died. "By medicine age may be prolonged, yet death Will seize the doctor too." CYMBELINE, Act v., Scene 5. FEBRUARY 28th.-The degree of Master of Arts conferred on Samuel Johnson. 1755. "This is some fellow Who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness." KING LEAR, Act ii., Scene 2. FEBRUARY 29th.-Thirteen whales driven ashore on the coast of England. 1792. "Send precepts to the Leviathan To come ashore." HENRY V., Act iii., Scene 3. March. MARCH 1st.--Annexation of Texas. 1845. "You lay out too much pains For purchasing but trouble." CYMBELINE, Act ii, Scene 3. MARCH 2d. The King of Wirtemburg grants liberty of the press. "Blessed be those 1848. That have their honest wills." CYMBELINE, Act i., Scene 2. MARCH 3d.-Bankrupt Act repealed. Rather than render back." TIMON OF ATHENS, Act iv., Scene 1. MARCH 4th. Battle of Ivry, causing the ruin of the League. 1590. "Oppression had made up this league." KING JOHN, Act iii., Scene 1. MARCH 5th.-General Taylor inaugurated as President of the United States. 1849. "Consider further That when he speaks not like a citizen, CORIOLANUS, Act iii., Scene 3. MARCH 6th.-Dr. Samuel Parr died. 1825. "A careful man, and a great scholar." TWELFTH NIGHT, Act iv., Scene 1. MARCH 7th.-Frederic I., the patron of minnesingers, died. 1190. "Give me leave to read philosophy, And, as I pause, serve in your harmony." MARCH 8th.-Earthquake at London. 1750. "The frame, and huge foundation of the earth Shak'd like a coward." 1 HENRY IV., Act iii., Scene 1. |